CRE Training Lab

A training collaboration between the Centres of Research Excellence at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. Each episode presents tools and information on new topics aimed at early to mid career researchers and PhD students.

Sue West gives examples and advice on policy and advocacy work for health researchers.

Sue West is the Associate Director of Policy and Service Development at the Royal Children's Hospital's Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH) and Co-Group leader of Child Health Policy, Equity and Translation at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.

Elizabeth Bremner and Professor Peter Anderson discuss the best way to present your experience to employers on paper and in person, and outline strategies to help you write a powerful resume and cover letter.

Tips on preparing grant applications that are most likely to get funded, with a focus on applications to the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.

Dr Chrissandra Zagame is a Senior Grants Officer at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. Professor Melissa Wake is Associate Director of the Centre for Community Child Health and heads the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute's Community Health Services Research Group.

A panel discussion on what mentoring is, how it can and should work to help you get the most of a mentoring experience, who might be the right mentor for you and how you can go about finding a mentor.

Professor Stephanie Brown is head of the Healthy Mothers Healthy Families Research Group at Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. Dr Gabrielle Wilson is a Senior Research Officer at the Bruce Lefroy Centre and a satisfied mentee.